All that time spent on your Game Boy might actually have been worth something.
你花費在掌上游戲機的所有時間可能真的有點價值。

A new video from BrainCraft, an educational show from PBS Digital studios, explains what "Tetris" does to your brain -- and a lot of it is good news.
心拓英啟公司公布的一段來自PBS數(shù)碼工作室的教育類節(jié)目視頻，解釋了俄羅斯方塊能對你的大腦造成什么影響，大部分都是對你有好處的。

According to the video, studies have shown that playing enough "Tetris" (think 1.5 hours a week for three months) can ...
視頻顯示已經有研究表明玩俄羅斯方塊的時間足夠長（一周1.5小時，持續(xù)三個月），能夠…

? Make parts of your cerebral cortex thicker.
使部分大腦皮層變厚。

? Make other areas of your brain more efficient.
提高大腦其他區(qū)域的效率。

? Reduce flashbacks for people with post-traumatic stress disorder.
減少患創(chuàng)傷后應激障礙的人記憶閃回的次數(shù)。

Of course, this all comes with some caveats. The video explains that doing any task for three months could potentially change your brain structure.
當然，也要提醒一下，這段視頻解釋說持續(xù)做任何事情三個月都有可能改變大腦結構。

What makes "Tetris" so addictive, the video explains, is that it "appeals to our natural desire to organize things, complete tasks and achieve goals." The game gives you a constant stream of "incomplete tasks" -- there's always a new block to consider and place in the game, which keeps your brain hooked.
視頻也解釋了我們對俄羅斯方塊如此上癮是因為它激起了我們組織事情、完成任務和達到目標的本能欲望。這個游戲源源不斷地給你未完成的任務——在游戲里你總要考慮新的方塊要放在哪里，這就使你的大腦著迷了。

Of course, no two people are the same, and "Tetris" impacts everyone differently.
當然，沒有完全相同的兩個人，俄羅斯方塊對每個人的影響也不盡相同。

"Tetris" has long fascinated scientists. A 2009 study from the Mind Research Network examined the impact of the game on the human brain, and in 2000, researchers at Harvard Medical School found that it can change how people dream. Others have written about how the game can be habit-forming and change how we think about the world around us -- a notion that's now referred to as the "Tetris effect."
科學家很久前就開始對俄羅斯方塊感興趣。一項2009年來自精神研究組織的研究測試了這個游戲對人類大腦的影響。2000年，哈佛醫(yī)學院的研究者發(fā)現(xiàn)它可以改變人們做夢的方式。其他人也記錄過這個游戲怎樣使人上癮，并改變人們對周圍世界的看法——現(xiàn)在被稱為“俄羅斯方塊效應”。